Prologue
Alex Rose has agreed to play Callum O’Leary’s game: win seven challenges of his choosing and walk away with a million dollars. Twenty-nine women have tried before her. None have won.
The catch? Every time Alex loses a game, she has to submit to one of Callum’s punishments. His punishments escalate, which is why no woman has ever won Callum’s game.
Callum doesn’t expect any woman to win, let alone Alex.
His desires are dark and twisted, which is why he plays these games.
As a self-made millionaire, Callum doesn’t need to entice women to go out with him.
They already throw themselves at him. He plays these games though, because it’s the only way for him to really get what he wants.
Which is to push women to their breaking points.
Alex has won six games so far.
Just one more win, and the million dollars is hers.
Alex finally came clean to Callum about Trent — and to her surprise, he forgave her.
Then she outsmarted him in a game of manhunt, hiding inside an outdoor hot dog stand for the final ten minutes.
Callum could have caught her. He chose not to.
He let her have the win because he thought she’d earned it.
Something has shifted between them.
Through these games, Alex has also discovered something about herself. Something dark. Something thrilling.
Something she’s not sure she’s ready to face.
When Alex texts Callum asking for help easing her conscience, they both know what Alex is really asking for.
What neither of them knows is just how far the other is willing to go.